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Brotherly Jazz

by Ken Dryden
May 6, 2007

The Heath Brothers Brotherly Jazz DanSun Productions 2006 The Heath Brothers-- bassist Percy, saxophonist Jimmy and drummer Albert “Tootie --are covered in great detail in this documentary about one of jazz' most beloved families. The film lovingly intertwines their individual and collective stories, augmented by concert footage from ...

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Weather Report: Live at Montreux 1976

by John Kelman
April 24, 2007

Weather ReportLive at Montreux 1976 Eagle Eye Media 2007 When '70s fusion group Weather Report played the Montreux Festival in 1976, it was on the cusp of the wider popularity it would receive the following year with the release of its best-selling album Heavy Weather (Legacy, 1977). From then on the ...

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Alan Holdsworth and Alan Pasqua featuring Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Haslip

by John Kelman
April 18, 2007

Allan Holdsworth and Alan Pasqua Allan Holdsworth and Alan Pasqua featuring Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Haslip Altitude Digital 2007 2007 is the year that guitarist Allan Holdsworth makes a return to the public eye. With planned reissues of his long out-of-print discography and more extensive touring than he's done in ...

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Jaco Pastorius: Live and Outrageous

by John Kelman
April 16, 2007

Jaco Pastorius Live and Outrageous Shanachie 2007 The reputation of the late Jaco Pastorius is legendary, based as much on his mercurial personality as his groundbreaking bass playing and small but significant repertoire of original music. His declining mental health became increasingly evident following his departure ...

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Yes: Live at Montreux 2003

by John Kelman
April 13, 2007

Yes Live at Montreux 2003 Eagle Eye Media 2007 With nearly a dozen video releases available spanning almost its entire history, one has to wonder if another Yes concert DVD is really necessary. Those who picked up the Essentially Yes (Eagle Records, 2006) box set, which ...

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Abaton: Trio Sylvie Courvoisier

by Kurt Gottschalk
April 11, 2007

Trio Sylvie Courvoisier Abaton La Huit 2004 Beyond her multiple talents, what makes Sylvie Courvoisier so exceptional is the integrated fluidity characterizing the various aspects of her work. As a pianist, she is skilled at classical as well as extended forms, playing inside the piano case and preparing the strings ...

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Steve Morse: Life With and Without The Dregs

by John Kelman
April 8, 2007

He may be best known to many as aging proto-hard rock group Deep Purple's guitarist for the past decade (not to mention time spent in the mid-'80s with a reformed Kansas), but anyone who's followed his career since the mid-'70s knows there's far more to Steve Morse than an ability to admirably shred over the familiar ...

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft

by Mark Corroto
April 5, 2007

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft Delmark 2006 For more than thirty years, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has carried on the African-American tradition of percussive jazz from a distinctly Midwest-Chicago perspective. This live session, recorded in percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's loft, continues their long line of stellar ...

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Bill Evans: The Oslo Concerts

by Samuel Chell
March 28, 2007

Bill Evans Trio The Oslo Concerts Shanachie Entertainment Corp. 2007 Arguably sharing with John Coltrane the distinction of being the primary shaper of the language of jazz over the past fifty years, Bill Evans was also a remarkably focused and consistent artist who paradoxically manifested different musical personae, ...

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft

by Jerry D'Souza
March 26, 2007

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft Delmark 2006 The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has been a potent force in music and in particular on the constantly fermenting Chicago scene. The Ensemble revolves around leader Kahil El'Zabar, an articulate man who composes with an eye on ...